you have people like ford and kellogg and vendor build and -- vanderbilt and rockefeller. they have so much money. you need an overarching system that receives the funds and redistributes it in an equitable way. what did they not realize? instead of the land barons of europe hoardng money and passing it down from generation to generation, they built the infrastructure of this nation. they built factories and textile mills. they built the mechanism that created the most powerful and dynamic middle-class the world has ever seen. they built universities and museums and charitable organizations because that has been the nature of america. we have always been generous. nobody is starving on the streets. we have always taken care of them. we have churches that are a much better mechanism for taking care of the poor. this is one of the reasons that we give tax deductions to churches. because they do that. why is the government trying to duplicate what they are supposed to be doing? we need to think smartly about the ways we use our resources and use our money. in 2009, 40 of the